Adding more native plants to your garden, regardless of whether you garden in Connecticut, Florida, Texas, California or somewhere in between, is a great way to make your garden more sustainable, eco-friendly and attractive to local wildlife. At first blush, it can seem overwhelming to choose between all the available native plants. My advice is to focus on adding [...]
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Native Plants for Connecticut Gardens
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, tagged gardening in Connecticut, native plants for Connecticut gardens on December 31, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Berried Treasure
Posted in Habitat Gardening, Plant Possibilities, tagged adding color to a fall garden, evergreens with berries, habitat gardening, Ilex, shrubs with berries, trees with fruit, Viburnum, wildlife gardening on December 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Fall is a time of transition in many gardens. From the exuberance of summer to the sleepiness of winter. It’s a time when those plants that do double-duty, you know the ones…those with ‘multi-season interest’, begin to take center stage again. While every gardener wants an eye-catching autumn garden, instead of focusing on vibrant fall foliage as the only way to add color and [...]
Plant This, Not That
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Habitat Gardening, Natives, Zone 6 gardening, tagged butterfly bush, maiden grass, native plant alternatives to hybrid holly, wildlife friendly plants on November 20, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Recently, fellow Native Plants & Wildlife Gardens team member, Genevieve Schmidt, wrote a post about native plant alternatives for several overused plants found in many gardens in California, where Gen lives, gardens and works as a landscaper. As Gen mentions in her post,Plant This, Not That: California Natives Edition, by simply looking beyond the every-house-on-my-street-has-one-of-those plants, and [...]
Fall Foliage Star: Oakleaf Hydrangea
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, tagged hydrangea quercifolia cultivars, Oakleaf hydrangea foliage, shrub for Connecticut gardens, shrub for fall color on November 11, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Here in southwestern Connecticut, the foliage is finally starting to turn blazing colors of red, yellow and orange. The reds really seem to be coming into their own right now. The display is late this year, most likely due to effects of the summer drought and TI Irene, and overall the colors are a bit [...]
Plants with Black Foliage
Posted in Gardening Inspiration, Plant Possibilities, tagged black colored plants, garden design with dark colored foliage, plants with black foliage on October 31, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Here in the northeast, Mother Nature played a big trick on us this weekend, sweeping through with a historic snowstorm – Snowtober. Like many of you, I will be spending part of the day cleaning up my garden and assessing the damage left behind. But in honor of the day, I thought I’d offer up a special treat and provide [...]
Coneflowers and Winter Hardiness
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, Plant Possibilities, tagged best Echinacea cultivars for gardens, coneflowers and winter hardiness, Mt. CubaCenter, Plants Nouveau, tips for planting Echinacea on October 17, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Are you one of the many gardeners who is enamored with the wide array of new coneflower (Echinacea) cultivars on the market? It seems like plant breeders are spitting out coneflower cultivars at an escalating rate…you can find flowers in shades of pink, yellow, orange, red and purple. Singles, doubles and even double-deckers. Small cones, [...]
Creating a Deer-Resistant Garden
Posted in Anything's Possible, Deer-resistant, Gardening in Connecticut, tagged cattle grate to repel deer, create a deer-resistant garden, Deer repellent, designing a deer-resistant garden, tips for creating a deer-resistant garden, wildlife gardening on October 10, 2011 | 12 Comments »
If you garden around deer, you understand how difficult it can be to create a garden that is visually pleasing to people while at the same time being as unappealing as possible to deer. We all know the best strategy for keeping deer out of our gardens and away from our plants is to erect [...]
Book Preview: Planting the Dry Shade Garden
Posted in Book Previews, Plant Possibilities, tagged Graham Rice, Planting the Dry Shade Garden, plants for dry shade on September 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Dry shade. Two words that strike fear into the heart of many gardeners. Let’s face it, when many gardeners imagine a luxurious shade garden, full of sumptuous foliage plants, they are typically thinking about a shade garden with moist, or even wet soil. But a cruel truth of gardening is that many of us struggle with a combination of the two [...]
Adding Color to Your Fall Garden with Purple Beautyberry
Posted in Habitat Gardening, Plant Possibilities, tagged adding color to fall garden, Callicarpa dichotoma, purple beautyberry, wildlife garden on September 9, 2011 | 8 Comments »
An easy way to add color to your fall garden is with trees and shrubs that have bright colorful berries. And for my money, the shrub with the brightest berries has got to be purple beautyberry (Callicarpa dichotoma). It’s true, Callicarpa is not a ‘4-season shrub’ that most landscape designers love to use, but this [...]
Attract Butterflies to Your Garden
Posted in Gardening in Connecticut, Habitat Gardening, Plant Possibilities, tagged attracting butterflies to your garden, gardening in Connecticut, host plants for Connecticut butterflies on August 8, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Who doesn’t enjoy seeing butterflies flitting around in their garden? Creating a garden that is inviting to butterflies involves more than simply planting a few colorful flowers. Your garden must meet all of a butterfly’s needs—food, water, shelter and a place to lay their eggs overwinter, if needed. Butterfly Basics The majority of butterflies [...]
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